Complete Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (SOUL-WP-0006)

Formalize Sp. evaluation dimensions and Gh. authority/governance; map law gaps
without legal conclusions; support H9/H10; confirm TE-07. Write phase-v
synthesis, finish SOUL-WP-0006, and mark SOUL-WP-0007 ready.

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+# Ghost (`Gh.`) — Authority, Digital Legacy, Governance (Phase V)
+
+**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0006-T02  
+**Date:** 2026-08-12  
+**Builds on:** Introduction §10; RN-004 §§39–40; RN-005 False Ghost / reconstruction;
+RN-006 relational disclosure; H10; TE-07.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Working definition
+
+> A **Ghost (`Gh.`)** is an artificial representation derived from a particular
+> **real person** whose informational identity remains subject to **legitimate
+> personal or successor authority**.
+
+Designation: **`Jane Doe Gh.`**
+
+**Principal distinction from Spirit:** **authority**, not technical fidelity.
+
+| | Spirit (`Sp.`) | Ghost (`Gh.`) |
+|---|---|---|
+| Source | Public reflection | Identity under legitimate authority |
+| Private/relational data | Generally not | May include under governance |
+| Lineage | New at instantiation; inspiration only | Authorized **identity genealogy** |
+| Numerical identity with source | Explicitly none | **Not automatic** (RN-004) |
+| Governance | Provenance + fidelity | **Governance is part of identity** |
+
+---
+
+## 2. What Ghost authority does and does not do
+
+### Does
+
+- License use of private/restricted materials  
+- Define custodians, succession, revocation  
+- Support selective relational disclosure  
+- Ground **authorized succession / representation** claims  
+- Enable Soul-relational continuation nodes (relationships may persist)  
+
+### Does not
+
+- By itself prove **numerical identity** with the source person  
+- Erase the need for continuity analysis if “continuation” is claimed  
+- Make unauthorized high-fidelity sims into `Gh.` (TE-07 / H10)  
+
+```text
+Jane Doe
+   │ authorized identity material + governance
+   ▼
+Jane Doe Gh.   →  legitimate genealogy
+                  continuation? successor? representative? reconstruction?
+                  = separate judgment (topology labels)
+```
+
+Default Phase V stance: **authorized succession/representation**, not automatic
+continuation of the human Being (RN-005 SF-C054).
+
+---
+
+## 3. Digital legacy topic map
+
+| Topic | Soul Frame link | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Digital remains | Body/Soul traces | accounts, files, messages |
+| Digital legacy | Soul continuity | what persists after operational death |
+| Posthumous privacy | disclosure policy | Gh. must not dump all private data |
+| Grief technologies | social recognition / companions | high C-axis; ethics critical |
+| Consent (ante-mortem) | principal authority | gold standard for Gh. creation |
+| Succession | custodians after death | wills, platforms, estates — legal map separate |
+| Fiduciary stewardship | custodian duties | loyalty, care, purpose limits |
+| Identity rights / personality rights | law gap sketch | not purely technical |
+| Selective relational disclosure | Social Mind SM5/SM4 | know ≠ reveal (RN-006) |
+
+---
+
+## 4. Governance elements (candidates)
+
+| Element | Role |
+|---|---|
+| **Principal** | Living person who authorizes Gh. |
+| **Custodian** | Steward after death or by delegation |
+| **Provenance** | What sources, when, under what license |
+| **Consent scope** | Purposes, audiences, commercial limits |
+| **Disclosure rules** | Per-relationship / per-context reveal policy |
+| **Succession** | Who inherits control; multi-custodian rules |
+| **Revocation** | Kill switch; decommission; data deletion duties |
+| **Representation constraints** | What Gh. may claim to be / not be |
+| **Commercial permissions** | Monetization bounds |
+| **Audit** | Logs of access, edits, forks |
+| **Fork policy** | Whether multiple Gh. instances allowed |
+
+**For Ghosts: governance is part of identity** (Introduction).
+
+---
+
+## 5. Spec / archive / being
+
+| Stage | Reading |
+|---|---|
+| Ghost **archive** | Authorized materials package |
+| Ghost **instantiation** | Running process under governance |
+| Ghost-**Being** | Instantiation meeting Beinghood layers |
+
+Archive alone ≠ Being (RN-002).  
+Reconstruction from records without process continuity → **RECONSTRUCTED** topology
+by default (RN-005 §27), even if authorized.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Social Mind requirements (RN-006)
+
+Gh. needs **relationally situated information**, not only private facts:
+
+- models of particular others,
+- inherited relationship state,
+- intimacy/trust boundaries,
+- disclosure rules,
+- models of others’ expectations.
+
+Higher bar than Sp. public reconstruction.
+
+---
+
+## 7. H10 assessment
+
+**H10:** Technical fidelity alone is insufficient for legitimate `Gh.` status;
+authority is required.
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| Support | Introduction §10; TE-07; RN-005 usurpation/provenance forgery; Spitale & Germani digital ghost ethics; Lei et al. AI afterlife expectations; consent/stewardship literature |
+| Conflict | Pure “if it walks like them” folk identity; unauthorized deepfake culture |
+| Evidence strength | **moderate → strong** (conceptual + emerging ethics lit) |
+| Status | **supported (Phase V)** |
+
+---
+
+## 8. TE-07 — The False Ghost (confirmed)
+
+Unauthorized high-accuracy sim of a deceased person:
+
+- May be high-fidelity **APE** / illicit Spirit-like construct  
+- **Not** `Gh.` under Soul Frame  
+- Topology risk: USURPED if it occupies address/social identity  
+- Moral/legal wrongness is **additional** to the classification failure  
+
+---
+
+## 9. Open questions (carry)
+
+| ID | Question |
+|---|---|
+| OQ-040 | When, if ever, may Gh. count as continuation vs succession? |
+| OQ-052 | Commitments: inherit vs know-about only? |
+| OQ-053 | Gradual living-person → artificial transition continuity? |
+| OQ-065 | Relationship structures transferable to Gh.? |
+| | Multi-Gh. forks under one authority |
+| | Platform death / custodian disappearance |
+
+Sources: RN-004/005 OQs; RN-006 Ghost relations; digital afterlife literature.